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Coronavirus – All newsThe fetal tissue cells were reportedly contained in Donald Trump’s “treatment” at Walter Reed Military Hospital to treat the novel coronavirus, according to US media.
The president of the United States accepted the antibody treatment, which seems to have favored him and helped his body recover, after the initial strong shock that his body had suffered from the Covid-19 hit.
In particular, the New York Times revealed that the experimental antibiotic cocktail given to Trump as a treatment allegedly included cells derived from fetal tissue.
Last week, Trump received the Regeneron monoclonal antibody cocktail, which is made up of antibodies that are synthesized in living cells and given to the body to fight infection.
To develop the antibodies, Regeneron relied on 293T, the cell line from kidney tissue from an aborted fetus in the 1970s. At least two companies competing to produce coronavirus vaccines, Moderna and AstraZeneca, also use this cell line. Remdesivir, the antiviral drug administered to Trump, used these cells.
«293T was used to test the ability of the antibodies to kill the virus.Alexandra Bowie, a spokeswoman for Regeneron, said. «They were not used in any other way and fetal tissue was not part of the investigation.».
In a video posted Wednesday, Donald Trump praised Regeneron’s treatment, calling it a “cure” for Covid-19, and promised to provide it free of charge to any patient in need.
The company said Wednesday that it had requested approval from the Food and Drug Administration in an emergency. The scientists noted that the antibody cocktail tests were far from complete and that Donald Trump was taking a variety of medications, which probably explains why he felt better.
Fauci’s position
Top American epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has said Trump may be right that his treatment helped him fight Covid-19, but it is an isolated case. «I think it is very likely that the antibody that he received, the Regeneron antibody, will act positively in the course of treating the disease.Said in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday, Dr. Fauci, who is not included in the president’s treatment team. However, he rejected Trump’s claim that this treatment has proven to be the official “cure” for the disease, which has so far killed more than 210,000 Americans.
New Trump video
Meanwhile, Trump posted a new video on Twitter, addressing “my favorite people in the world,” the elderly, making jokes about his own age.
«Well, to my favorite people in the world! The elderly. I’m old, I know you don’t know, nobody knows, maybe you shouldn’t tell them, but I’m old. We are making tremendous progress with this terrible disease that China has sent us. China will pay a high price for what it has done to the world and to us.
But now we have medicines. Medications that I call treatment. I went to the hospital a week ago, I was very sick and I took this drug and it was amazing. It was incredible. I could go the next day. Earlier. The impact it had was incredible.
And we will make this drug and the like, which are almost the same, we will make available immediately. We have an emergency license that I want to sign right away. The FDA has moved to levels it has never reached before. Things that would take 2-3 years now happen in weeks or even sooner. And this because of me.
We take care of our elders. You are not vulnerable, but they mean “the vulnerable”. But you are the least vulnerable, but for this particular problem you are vulnerable. And I also.
But I want you to be as careful as me. I had wonderful care at Walter Reed Hospital. Amazing doctors and this particular drug was amazing. You will get the same medicine for free. No fee!»
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